Album Reviews – Page 33

Herin – Hiding In Plain Sight

There is an extraordinary list of supporting artists who contribute to Chris Herin’s first solo outing Hiding in Plain Sight. Chris is the Tiles band’s songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player and name-checked in the credits are Alex Lifeson, Colin Edwin…

Francis Dunnery’s It Bites – Return To Natural

With the well-received live double album, Live From The Black Country, It Bites (IB) was revived in 2023 by founder Francis Dunnery. The announcement that new studio material was on the way created enthusiasm and high expectations among music fans.…

Marjana Semkina – Sirin

Marjana Semkina, one half of the duo at the core of the wonderful iamthemorning, returns with her second solo album called Sirin. Anyone familiar with iamthemorning will know that Marjana has something of a fixation on death, and her songs…

John Cale – Ship Of Fools: The Island Albums [3CD Box Set]

I have always been musically drawn to outsiders, to wonky pop, avant pop, call it what you will, and anything slightly, and sometimes a lot off-kilter. An early satisfier of that strange appetite of mine was John Cale, whom I…

Tracey Thorn – A Distant Shore

A Distant Shore is the debut release from Tracey Thorn as a solo artist, that was originally released by Cherry Red Records in 1982 when Tracey was 20 years old. At this time, she was still officially in a post-punk…

Cyan – The Guardians

Less than a year on from Pictures from the Other Side, their second album as a newly reincarnated band, Cyan follow that up with The Guardians, a related ‘mini-album’ (but still a rather epic 38 minutes) companion release, largely formed…

Mike Dawes – Galactic Acid

Until about a week ago I had never heard of Mike Dawes and only discovered his music when he was the support act, and then guitarist, for Justin Hayward’s concert band. Like many lesser known acts he came on and…

Nick Fletcher – A Longing For Home

Nick Fletcher has done it again! With A Longing For Home, the Sheffield-based jazz rock guitarist, has produced yet another stunning solo album full of artistic brilliance and unbounded creativity, swirling with musical invention, emotion and breathtaking complexity in a…

Devin Townsend – PowerNerd

Devin Townsend has been in the public eye for the last 31 years, first emerging as the lead vocalist in Steve Vai’s ‘Vai’ band project, which lasted an album and a tour, and fizzled out shortly thereafter. Yet that introduction…

Anchor & Burden – Afterglow

As a follower of the talented Mr. Marcus Reuter, I was delighted to have an opportunity to hear how he fits into yet another musical configuration. Anchor and Burden are a difficult band to describe, so I will allow them…

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